Devin Williams' epic rebound, clutch Cody Bellinger HR highlight Yankees' walk-off

Now THAT is a win. The New York Yankees, who were getting no-hit by Dylan Cease through 6 2/3 innings, remained resilient and came back twice to defeat the San Diego Padres and take the three-game series from one of the best teams in MLB. The 4-3 victory was a marathon, and it all started in the bottom of the seventh.

Bellinger stepped into the batter's box with two outs and the Yankees down 1-0. The offense couldn't get anything going. Cease was even dominating Aaron Judge, who struck out three times against the right-hander.

On an 0-2 count, Cease attempted to blow a high fastball by Bellinger. But the veteran saw it coming and turned on it; 373 feet later, the game was tied. Yankee Stadium was alive. The rubber match was officially on.

Cease exited the game and the Padres went to the bullpen, but the Yankees' bullpen couldn't hold up. Both Ian Hamilton and Luke Weaver faltered, giving San Diego a 3-1 lead in the eighth.

Yankees' comeback victory over Padres gives them crucial series win

The offense maintained its fight, though. After Oswaldo Cabrera worked a leadoff walk in the bottom half of the inning, pinch hitter Trent Grisham homered on a 1-2 count against his former team to tie the game. Aaron Boone pressing the right buttons!

Weaver pitched the ninth and handled the bottom of the Padres order, but the game went to extras after Robert Suarez did the same for the Padres.

That meant ... extra innings. The Yankees never win these. And, uh, look who's coming in! Devin Williams, fresh off a Monday meltdown that drew the ire of WFAN callers all over Long Island.

The right-hander didn't make it easy on himself, but he did rebound in a big way. With the bases loaded and two outs, he struck out former enemy Xander Bogaerts with a nasty changeup on a full count. The crowd went wild and it felt like the game was won right there.

Even more unbelievable? What transpired in the bottom of the 10th. Cabrera laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move the ghost runner over to third, and then pinch hitter JC Escarra got his bat on the ball with two strikes to drive home the game-winning run in walk-off fashion with a sacrifice fly. Are we sure these are the New York Yankees?

That might've been the most wholesome victory of the Yankees' season thus far, especially after how they dug deep two nights in a row after various meltdowns over the previous week and a half. What a difference a couple of days makes. We're complaining when they're 19-16 and now feel over the moon at 21-16.

Those are two quality victories, though, and really put New York in a favorable position. They're off on Thursday and then travel out west for six games against the Athletics and Mariners. But most importantly, the Yankees showed us something after an agonizingly boring 6-9 stretch, and we must say it was worth the wait.